Improvement in pantaloons



s. L; & L. M. THOMPSON.

PANTALOQITS.

N,PETF.R$| PHOTO-LITNDGRAFHERL WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIcE.

STEPHEN L. THOMPSON AND LEVI M. THOMPSON, OF KINGFIELD, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PANTALOONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189.883, dated April 24, 1877 application filed March 6, 1877;

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that we, S. L. THOMPSON and L. M. THOMPSON, of Kingfield, Franklin county, Maine, have invented Improvements in Pants, of which the following is a specification:

The object of our invention is an improvement in pants,'whereby the wearers limbs are better protected and a better sit of the pants-legs is obtained than by the ordinary construction.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a view, partly in section, ilinstratin g the construction of our improved pants; and Fig. 2, a modification.

A and A are the legs, and B the body portion, of the garment, which is of any ot' theusual forms and proportions, and may be lined or made of thesingle cloth. Within ,each leg, at any suitable point, is stitched, cemented, or other wise secured the upper edge a: of a tubular piece, I), of fabric, of any mate.

rial, which extends almost to the lower end of the leg, within which it hangs loosely, but 7 is concealed thereby, being about equal in diameter thereto, and lying close to the inner side of the leg, in the position usually occupied by the lining.

The pieces 11 constitute what may be termed inside leggings, which serve the purpose of drawers, inasmuch as theirfree lower ends may be. placed inside the legs of the stockings, or even in the legs of the boots, thus preventing dust, briers, &c.,- from passing upward into contact with the limbs of the wearer. While this object is effected, the inside leggings have an advantage over the drawers, inasmuch as they are cooler, leaving but one thickness of. material above the point where the upper edge is attached.

To prevent the legging from dragging on the cloth at one point, especially where it is long,'it may be desirable to stitch it at one or two points adjacent to the seams of the pants. Instead ofsecurin g the leggings permanently,

however, they may be provided with buttonholes or eyelets,'so as to be fastened detach; ably to buttons or' hooks within the legs of the pants.

Where it is not desired to employ the leggings in the manner described, they serve the same purpose as an ordinary buckram lining,

and beingloose at the lower edges, and equal or nearly equal in diameter to the pants-legs, a much better, sit is obtained than is possible where the lower edge is sewed to the pants, which soon packer from the unequal shrinkage of the cloth and the buckram.-

We are aware that it has been proposed to put inside sleeves or linings to garments, the

same being contracted at the outer ends to fit close to the limbs, and there provided with buttons orelastic to hold the ends closely to the limbs, and attached at the upper end only to the clothing; andwe do not claim, broadly, the application of inside leggings or sleeves to garments but We claim as a new article of manufacture- A'pai r of pants provided with tubular lining-pieces b, suspended within the pants-legs, of uniform size therewith, loose at their lower ends, and lying close against the inside of the legs throughout their length,'and secured to the body fabric at the upper edges only, all as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN L. THOMPSON.

LEVI M. THOMPSON.

Witnesses to the signature of STEPHEN L.

THOMPSON:

OHAs. H. GONANT, JOHN MGGREEVY.

Witnesses to the signature of LEVI M. THOMPSON:

- DOLBIER,

O. O. DoLBIER. 

